Changes, changes

Last week Jayden did not want to go to bed, so he tried to climb out.  And succeeded.  I had just closed his door and started to walk downstairs when I heard this huge thud. Over the past few weeks I'd seen him trying to put his leg over the crib rail, but not usually getting that far.  Welllll, this time he made it.  I ran in and he was flat on his back, his head towards the crib, looking at me.  Well that scared me half to death (and him too, I think).  So I vowed that we would transform his crib into a toddler bed as soon as we got back from our trip.  and I did.  30 hours later, it may have been a mistake.

I don't know if it's because he slept with me/us for two nights in Oregon or if it's switching to the toddler bed or if it's some combination of the two, but the last two nights have been disastrous.  Last night I had to go to a work meeting so Carmen had bedtime duty solo.  When I got home at 9:00 pm, Carmen was just barely coming downstairs after laying there holding Jayden's hand for twenty minutes while he passed out.  Tonight was my turn; he passed out twice in the hallway, and finally he's almost sleeping at 9:30 pm.  He's going to be an unhappy kid tomorrow - although he did take a three hour nap at Juju's today.

Carmen is gone for the next three nights, so we'll see how it goes for me.  I have a feeling it won't be pretty.  But I'll eat dinner with him and just make the best of it.  If I get less sleep, then that's just the way it is.

I've also ordered a crib rail - because it turns out those things aren't just regularly available.  They make rails that you can attach to beds, but not to convertible cribs.  And if we bought our crib now, then we'd get a crib rail with it, but since ours is two years old not only did it not come with a crib rail, but we can't get one that works with this model.  Awesome.  So one was just shipped to me and I'm praying UPS is fast and gets it here sooner rather than later.

These are just two random pictures from the past week that I haven't had the time to share:

One morning last week he decided he wanted to wear his winter jacket.  Nevermind that it was eighty degrees that day.  By the time we got in the car to go to Juju's he'd gotten over it, luckily.  He also didn't want to sit in his highchair to eat breakfast that day.  Eventually he got over that too, luckily.

He also got a new pair of shoes.  They are one size too big - his feet are growing ridiculously fast - but he wanted to wear them that day.  And I think we were getting ready for the shower so we were working on undressing.  But then the shoes.  And it's just such a funny picture!

The funniest thing about this switching to a toddler bed is I'm still worried about him falling out.  I put pillows next to the bed, so if he does roll out, he'll at least land on something soft.  Last night I barely slept, waiting for a thud and a wail.  Well, I woke up around 1 or 2 am and grabbed the monitor.  I thought I saw him curled up in the corner, so I just watched for a bit and waited for him to move.  I soon realized that the thing in the corner was a stuffed animal, and that he was sleeping on his stomach in the middle of the floor of his room.  I dozed for a bit, woke up and he had moved a few feet towards the basket of stuffed animals on his floor.  A little later, he had moved a few more feet towards his chair and the closet.  Later in the morning, he actually crawled back into bed and laid down for a bit.  This whole time, he was asleep or relatively asleep.  He made no noises, no cries, no nothing.  It's not completely safe, but it's rather hilarious.  I'm sure I'll keep at least half an ear on him all night tonight too, but until I get that rail I think that's how it's going to be.  I'm going to need to sleep twelve hours by the time the weekend rolls around.  But so will he, so maybe it'll work out!